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By Wild Willy Frankfort
Lakeside Primary Care L Lake
Guns of the West Here Today Pontiac’s Rebellion, Well it’s August and The American time for the annual Revolution, The “Guns of the West” Whiskey Rebellion, program at the Wright The Late Indian Wars House Museum of and The War of 1812. Western Expansion. For the Guns of the This year, the focus of West program, they the event will be will display items that “Canon Fest!” At least were crucial to the seven canons will be lives of the individuon hand for display als who settled this and demonstration, great nation that and I’ll be there hostbecame the United ing the event, answerWilliam “Wild Willy” States. The displays ing any questions that Frankfort consist of authentic might come up about and replica arms that history, firearms, and the importance of such items to early settlers and native tribes who lived in this area would have carried, and the settlers to our area. It’s unusual in this day and age day will be filled with demonstrations that firearms and historic weapons and offer historical data, weather perwould be the focus of any event or mitting. I encourage everyone to come out that any organization would take pride in discussing such an “explo- and visit with us at 815 Venetia Road sive” controversial issue. The truth is in Peters Township on Saturday, that these days, schools focus less on August 11, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. these subjects and devote less time to This is one event where you can touch studying early American history. It is the displays, ask questions, take phoincumbent for historical venues to tos and talk to your favorite writer pick up the slack and tell the story of (yours truly). The canon will go off our early history, in which flintlock every hour, and I’ll be there giving a unique spin on local history. firearms played a major part. The people who work at and sup- Admission is $5, and there will be port the Wright House Museum of cold drinks and snacks for sale. This is Western Expansion offer a venue that fun history, and I hope to see you all actually existed at the time of there.
Mary Parks Lamb, M.D.
Kristen Scalise Romesburg, D.O.
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